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AT&T has completed its $85.4B acquisition of Time Warner — AT&T Inc. has completed its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., bringing together global media and entertainment leaders Warner Bros., HBO and Turner with AT&T's leadership in technology and its video, mobile and broadband customer relationships.
Colin Deppen / The Incline:
Longtime Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers says he was fired after going public with claims the paper rejected cartoons for political reasons — Rob Rogers said he felt editorial management was trying to turn him into a cartoonist he doesn't want to be before he was fired today …
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Ten of the anti-Trump cartoons by Rob Rogers that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette refused to publish — The paper suddenly won't run the work of veteran cartoonist and former Pulitzer finalist Rob Rogers' work for being too critical of Trump. But we will.
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@rob_rogers, @penamerican, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Post, HuffPost, iMediaEthics, Mike Bennett and CBS Pittsburgh
Fayaz Bukhari / Reuters:
Unidentified gunmen killed Syed Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of the Rising Kashmir newspaper, in India's Kashmir on Thursday — SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a prominent newspaper editor and two security guards in India's Kashmir on Thursday, police said.
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BBC, NDTV.com, CNN, Al Jazeera English and Committee to Protect …
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
MacArthur Foundation awards $1M to Chicago nonprofit journalism lab City Bureau and $650K each to Free Spirit Media and Chicago Public Media — City Bureau, a 3-year-old nonprofit journalism lab on the South Side, will receive a $1 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation …
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Macfound.org site news, @gteresa, @city_bureau, City Bureau, @chrbelanger, @sebastian_hwc, @bechang8, @bellwak, Current and Chicago Business
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Thousands of debunking articles by Sean Rice of business2comunity.com deleted after site was contacted with evidence of serial plagiarism and story idea theft — They messed with the wrong fact checker. — Until yesterday, Shawn Rice was one of the internet's most prolific debunkers of online hoaxes.
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@profcarroll, @mat and @craigsilverman
Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute report shows broadcasters and newspapers are more trusted worldwide than digital-born outlets or partisan sources — As Facebook moves to privilege “broadly trusted” sources in its News Feed, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research shows that broadcasters …
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Adweek and @niemanlab
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
PureWow owner to launch One37pm, a site for men focused on pop culture and entrepreneurship with no negative stories or wall between advertising and editorial — - After buying the women's lifestyle media brand PureWow in 2017, Gary Vaynerchuk's company is launching its first media brand under the Gallery Media Group umbrella.
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Digiday, @alexisohanian, @allyzay and @mikeisaac
Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
Survey: 86% of journalists felt social media contributed to a decline in trust in journalism, half said social media strengthened relationship with audience — This report is part of an ongoing, multiyear study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and @mattnavarra
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC director of news and current affairs argues there is public interest in covering reality show Love Island to reach under-35 demographic amid criticism — The BBC's director of news and current affairs has argued there is a public interest in the corporation covering reality programme Love Island in its online news output.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Quartz launching its first weekly TV show Facebook Watch this summer, “Quartz News”, a show about the global economy complemented by its bot — Quartz will be one of the 20 publishers launching a new Facebook Watch series this summer, with a new show about the global economy called …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Pandora is partnering with Snapchat to stream music on the app via its new developer tool, Snap Kit — Pandora is partnering with Snapchat to stream music on the app via its new developer tool, Snap Kit. — Why it matters: It's an example of how Snap's developer tools can be used …
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